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Have you seen photos of Smolensk’s crash victims and remains of the wreckage?
I have, but not all of them. The scene of the crash had been cleared too quickly, the same regards to human remains. Disposal of the wreckage’s debris suggests the large area had been covered. Examining human remains should have taken much more time than it actually had.
Can we exclude an explosion judging by human remains disposition at the scene?
No, you cannot. Pictures and films taken shortly after the crash are priceless evidence. As far as I know there is no such evidence being stored in Poland.
What type of examination is the key one in regards to present exhumations?
No doubt that the X-ray examination should have been performed.
During post-mortem examining of Przemyslaw Gosiewski and Janusz Kurtyka’s remains there was a computer tomography screening performed. Why is x-ray scanning necessary?
Computer tomography can be useful in diagnosing illnesses, but while human remains are concerned, the x-ray scanning is crucial. If there was an explosion, fragments of metal could be found in corpses of these who were sitting in the blast’s centre. There should not be such traces in other bodies, that is why - as I believe - all 96 passengers should have been exhumed and examined. While the Smolensk crash is concerned, examining all of the bodies is of high public interests. We don’t know what examination had been performed in Moscow, we do not know its results.
Does it make sense two years after the death of an individual?
Yes, as metal fragments, even the tiniest ones, can be found inside bones dozens of years after. Thirty years ago in Greece, as a consequence of explosion in the aircraft, a woman died, whereas pilot catapulted. During pathologic examination there were remains of bomb inside of woman’s body found which – as it was revealed later on – was placed under her seat.
In May 2010, a month after the crash, there were human unidentified remains delivered, which – upon Minister Boni decision – were subsequently cremated. Both: the Russians and the Poles claimed the remains could not be identified.
It is not true. One could and should perform identification analyzing DNA, and such examination is the most valuable. Such examinations are long lasting and costly, but they should have been done. If Russians did not perform them then, there was the Polish government obliged to do it. I cannot understand why the Polish government neglected such examinations and accepted cremations; it is acting against its own citizens, its own country.
Does cremation makes any further examinations impossible?
Reducing to ashes irrevocably destroys DNA and renders impossible any further examinations. Let me to remind that there was no single human remain cremated after the WTC attacks. I was involved in analyses performed on the late Tsar Nikolai II and Romanoff’s family remains. The Russians commissioned to examine every bit of it to have 100% certainty that it were Tsar’s family.
Have you been ever refused to assist in examinations?
Until now, over the forty years of my professional career, I have never been refused to assist, neither in Zimbabwe nor Israel. The first time ever I was refused was here, in Poland; and only here.
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Video: http://youtu.be/yI4dbLSvtK4
"The Independent Interview" with Aleksandra Rybińska. Renowned American forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden explains the errors committed during the Russian investigation of the crahs of the Polish Air Force Tupolev on April 10th, 2010 in Smoleńsk. According to Dr. Baden the autopsies of the 96 victims of the crash have not been conducted properly.
---Source: nieżalezna.pl